Bessie Elizabeth (Jones) Lee (1909 - 1948)

Born 12 Aug 1909 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Bessie Elizabeth Jones was born on Aug 12, 1909 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Robert Nathan Jones and Jennie Francies Thompson.

She had six siblings, namely: namely: Louie Ellis, Ida Lee, Mellie Mary, Mamie, William David, and Robert Miley.

She died on Feb 20, 1948 (Age at Death: 38).

When she was 19, she married Daniel Hall Lee about 1929 (based upon 1930 census).

Bessie Jones lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi in 1910.

She lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi in 1920.

She lived in Bay Springs, Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 20; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0008; RegistrationDistrict: 0008; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Daughter-in-law).

She lived in Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Jasper, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 29; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). Race: (White)

She was buried in Bay Springs, Jasper County, Mississippi, USA (Bay Springs Cemetery). ^[1]

Daniel Hall Lee and Bessie Jones had the following children:

1. Donald Hayes Lee was born on Jan 09, 1932 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Aug 19, 1988 in Liberty, Texas, USA.
2. Thomas Nathan Lee was born on Jun 21, 1936 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Dec 21, 2010 in Mississippi, USA (Baptist Medical Center; Age at Death: 74).
3. Peggy Lee was born after 1940.

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-VGLJ : 5 June 2019), Bessie Elizabeth Lee, ; Burial, Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, United States of America, Bay Springs Cemetery; citing record ID 47134107, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #47134107

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGT-C6C : 30 January 2020), Bessie Lee in household of Hall Lee, Bay Springs, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-8, sheet 10B, line 57, family 205, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2033.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM17-72Y : accessed 6 February 2020), Bessie Lee in household of Lottie Lee, Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 4B, line 97, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1149; FHL microfilm 2,340,884.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43Q-ZVY : 14 December 2015), Bessie Jones in household of Robert N Jones, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,879.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP82-5KF : 29 October 2015), Bessie Jones in household of Robert N Jones, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 19A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,757.